DATE OF INCIDENT:

05/11/20

PEOPLE INVOLVED IN PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO INCIDENT:

Brandon Lester - Deputy Chief Iredell County Rescue Squad Delane McWhorter - Asst. Chief Iedell County Rescue Squad Spencer Alves - Captain Iredell County Rescue Squad Fred Jetter Cool Springs Fire Department Justin Winstead Cool Springs Fire Department Todd Bowers Cool Springs Fire Department Brittany Cooper Cool Springs Fire Department Logan Elmore Cool Springs Fire Department Ryan Franklin Cool Springs Fire Department Thomas Groff Cool Springs Fire Department Brad McLaughlin Cool Springs Fire Department Cody Penley Cool Springs Fire Department Andy Webster Cool Springs Fire Department

DESCRIPTION OF INCIDENT:

The call was dispatched for a vehicle overturned with 4 patients possibly 2 pin in the vehicle. Andy Webster Chief of Cool Springs arrived on scene and confirmed double pin in. Deputy Chief Brandon Lester of Iredell Rescue arrived on scene and started assessment of vehicle. Delane Mcwhorter arrived on scene with crash truck and all personal above started assisting with deploying tools and assist with cribbing vehicle. Deputy Chief Brandon Lester from Iredell Rescue started extraction efforts on patient that was pinned under vehicle from waist down and was freed by the vehicle doing a Amkus Spreader lift of the vehicle to remove vehicle from over the patient. Started working on the other pin in. The patient was completely pinned in the back compartment area of vehicle showing about 6 to 8 inches of the patients left side. Started Extraction efforts on second subj and Captain Spencer Alves from Iredell Rescue arrived and assisted Dep Chief Lester. All personal above assisted the rescue squad by obtaining tools and removing items to better clear the way for extrication. The vehicle was located in several trees that had to be removed. Due to the efforts of the individuals listed above all 4 patient are alive. The most critical patient was the one in the back compartment and due to the way subj was in vehicle and location it was around a 50 min extrication time. All subjs worked together and assisted with carry out of patient.